How are they alike‚ and different? Is one more efficient than another? Gills/Lungs?HumansIn humans air travels into the mouth‚ or nose‚ and into the nasal cavity‚ followed by pharynx. The pharynx is where food and air cross paths. The pharynx increases the chance of choking‚ but also allows breathing when exercising and respiration though the mouth‚ if the nose is closed. Next‚ epiglottis opens allowing air to move into the glottis‚ and pass the larynx (voice box). After this air makes its way into
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Carcinogenesis is the development of cancer. Cancer cells are abnormal cells and they have characteristics that can be associated with their ability to grow uncontrollably. Cancer cells are non-specialized‚ and divide uncontrollably. Cancer in situ is a tumor located in its place of origin. Malignant tumors establish new tumor distant from the primary tumors. Cancer cells characteristics distinguish them from normal cells. They have abnormal nuclei with many chromosomal irregularities. They form tumors
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Surface Marking of the Lungs The apex of the lung extends upwards for one to two inches above the anterior extremity of the first rib‚ and is indicated by a curved line drawn from the upper border of the sterno-clavicular articulation to the junction of the inner and middle thirds of the clavicle‚ the highest part of the curve being from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches above the clavicle. The apex of the right lung is 1/2 inch higher than that of the left. The subclavian artery lies on the cervical pleura covering
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MANAGEMENT OF BREATHLESSNESS IN LUNG CANCER Breathlessness is one of the most common symptoms of advanced cancer‚ particularly lung cancer. Reported incidence varies between 30% - 70%(J. Carner).30% of all the patient experience it during some part of their illness and it goes as high 79% with lung cancer. (Mora Kearney). Despite being prevalent it is most of the time not recognised by the health professional‚ when it is really serious. May be due to the fact that patient sometimes do not come
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Just imagine‚ why do children go missing? Why this problem arised? How to overcome it? In my presentation I will answer all the questions. First of all‚ lets look the definition of family. Family can be defined as the collective body of persons who live in one house‚ and under one head or manager; a household‚ including parents‚ children‚ and servant. A child to be considered as “missing” if he/she is absent from his/her place of residence wihout authority to a degree or in circumstances where the
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HOMEWORK 2 FROM CHAPTER 6 and 7‚ NORMAL DISTRIBUTION AND SAMPLING Instructor: Asiye Aydilek PART 1- Multiple Choice Questions ____ 1. For the standard normal probability distribution‚ the area to the left of the mean is a. –0.5 c. any value between 0 to 1 b. 0.5 d. 1 Answer: B The total area under the curve is 1. The area on the left is the half of 1 which is 0.5. ____ 2. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the normal probability distribution? a. The mean and median
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usual boundaries‚ and which can then invade adjoining parts of the body and spread to other organs. This process is referred to as metastasis. Metastases are the major cause of death from cancer. Key facts: Cancers figure among the leading causes of death worldwide‚ accounting for 8.2 million deaths in 2012 . Lung‚ liver‚ stomach‚ colorectal and breast cancers cause the most cancer deaths each year. The most frequent types of cancer differ between men and women. About 30% of cancer deaths are
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Voyage to the Lungs Trevor Frederick HS 130 Unit #4 – Assignment Kaplan University February 26‚ 2013 Welcome aboard! So glad you are all able to witness this extraordinary endeavor into the amazing human body. What you are about to witness is a feat seldom seen by the average individual. Frantic reports coming in are alarming; a foreign bacterium has invaded the right lung of our subject and is currently causing some severe damage. Shrunken to a mere eight microns in length‚ our state-of-the-art
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die from lung cancer and other smoking related diseases than they die from aids‚ drug abuse‚ car accidents and homicide‚ combined. Cigarette smoking is a danger to our life and health. It is the leading known cause of lung cancer. Each year more than 30‚000 people will die of lung cancer and 4 out of 5 of them will get it because of cigarette smoke. Studies have proven that there is no safe way to smoke. Tobacco contains many dangerous cancer causing chemicals that affects the lungs of
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victim of second hand smoke? HOW WELL HAVE YOU TREATED YOUR LUNGS??? Do you become short of breath without much activity? According to the American Lung Association‚ Emphysema is in the top 4 reasons people die from sickness in the United States……. What is Emphysema?? Emphysema is a long term disease of the lung. It affects the area of the lung responsible for gas exchange in part of the lung is called the alveoli; it helps your lungs to get bigger and smaller while you are breathing in and out
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